Leadership Lessons

In late May, India was impacted by a severe second wave of the COVID-19. Neera Nundy, Co-founder of Dasra, sprung into action to get support to the most vulnerable communities in the country. 

David Hardy has focused his career on closing educational gaps in school districts across the United States. In years spent working with communities that had been underinvested in, he was always looking deeper at the ecosystem surrounding the children at the schools he was leading.

Tony Clapsis is the General Manager of CVS Clinical Trial Services – a role that put him at the center of what became one of the largest COVID-19 testing providers in the United States.

‘Tokunboh Ishmael shares how she is balancing working from a distance and what the pandemic reinforced about creating an inclusive economy. 

Minister of Tourism for Costa Rica Gustavo José Segura is sharing lessons from negotiating trade-offs between jumpstarting Costa Rica’s economy and public health safety and, how he’s been able to find common ground with those he’s disagreed with.

COVID-19 was the thing Wendy Nembhard had been preparing for her entire career, but something she, and other experts had never expected to happen in their lifetime. 

Ana María Vallarino is sharing her #LeadershipLessons from growing a civic movement in Panama to fight COVID, while facing deep personal challenges.

As the pandemic brought the systemic issues Joseph Tomás McKellar strives to dismantle into sharper clarity, he turned to those communities who were being impacted to listen to their lived experiences for guidance on the path forward.

Faith Polkey reflects on how she rose up to meet – and own – this moment a leader, realized her own resilience, and found effective innovations in patient care that will carry into the future. 

Michael Lindsey shares how helping vulnerable communities feel more, “whole” through some of the toughest moments of the pandemic helped him to feel whole himself.